极速赛车168最新开奖号码 Comments on: ‘They shut down the conversation’: frontline practitioners discuss their experiences with management

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 07:35:30 +0000

“We are not the walking dead we’d like to believe we are”. That brightened up a dull bus journey. True too.

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 09:39:36 +0000

Social workers would do themselves a big favour by being a bit more specific about what they mean by a manager. I have never had a team manager who isn’t a qualified and registered social worker. So the claim that they lack an understanding of law and the ethics and values would only stand up if all qualified and registered social workers lacked that too. Actually maybe we do given that in 22 years of post qualifying practice I’ve yet to hear from a social worker that they didn’t fall into social work by accident. Not one has been able to say “on this day I realised my dream was to be a social worker and I went out and became one”. Most social workers, me included, drifted through humanities degrees at University not knowing if we were going to be teachers, statisticians or go on to do psychology degrees rather than become social workers. Or like my partner did a series of retail jobs then became a care worker who realised they were doing a far better job than the qualified social workers and thought I’ll have that salary too and trained to become one. Positives can come from negatives but most social workers and occasionally me also, love to wallow in what we perceive as the burdens of being a social worker. We convince ourselves that the public misunderstand us, governments can’t wait to punish us, the media perpetually victimises us, we work hardest in our team, our managers are useless careerists and that we are more exhausted than child labourers around the world. Social work is hard and it takes its toll but we are not the walking dead we’d like to believe we are. In my experience it’s not managers who shut down conversations. It’s fellow social workers who get incandescent if anyone dares to challenge the group think orthodoxy that they’ve decided is what makes a social worker. Uncomfortable truths don’t sit well with social workers these days so of course managers become the scapegoats. Misery is also a currency it seems.

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 17:22:27 +0000

Most managers are accidental managers, with little experiencing in managing or leading people. Many of them lack knowledge of law, legislation and the values and ethics of our profession, and they don’t know how to balance the needs of service users with the demands of the organisation. Social work managers should be subject to much more scrutiny than they are, because ultimately their team depends upon them and looks to them for advice and guidance.

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: Bilbo

Bilbo — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 14:59:51 +0000

My experience is that it’s not about individuals and their role responsibilities, it’s about the culture in local authorities. And this culture is engendered my Ofsted and the fear LA’s have of them. This leads to oppressive work expectations.
Now that I work in the NHS, which is not perfect, I can see how important openly stated NHS values are to the workforce. Good people hold them in mind and practice deliberately with those values but LA’s don’t have the same foundations, even if social work does.
And I agree, there are too many governing bodies in social work making everything complicated and multi-layered. Needs to be simplified, like having the NMC only for nursing.

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: Rose

Rose — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 13:43:41 +0000

I have had the very best and very worst of managers in my 13 years in Childrens social care. The difference between them was not what pressures they were under themselves, or issues of having to meet unrealistic targets. It was a sound understanding of what it means and looks like to be compassionate, empathic, supportive and encouraging. How do I know they were the best or the worst? Well, other practitioners still rave about our best ever manager, whilst the worst drove newly qualified staff from the profession in tears and ended up being sent off to somewhere safe away from other humans.

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: Tahin

Tahin — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 10:24:50 +0000

So a manager who allocate cases, perhaps also supervise the caseload of a social worker also doesn’t understand the pressures of working in the front line? The person who struggles to get clear communication with a social worker practically permanently working from home isn’t stressed? Social workers may moan about the impossibility of working effectively because of high case loads should take a moment to reflect the impact on a manager responsible for the caseload of a whole team. So I think social workers need a bit more perspective when rubbishing managers. If you want to blame managers for not making your jobs easier you are looking at the wrong picture. Personally I think there are too many third rate under qualified faux psychotherapists infecting social work discourse. Too many self appointed champions of social workers, hello BASW, too many self satisfied heroes who think handing out environmentally unfriendly future landfill awards is “Celebrating Excellence in Social Work”. I’m no friend of bureaucratic management but nor am I a fan of ill judged pops at managers. Ever seen a manager cry uncontrollably because they can’t gatekeep anymore? I have. Social workers would do themselves a huge favour reminding themselves that their managers are also workers.

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: Anita

Anita — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 13:52:26 +0000

In reply to Kathleen Ditchfield. I agree with Chloe.

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: Mr X

Mr X — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 12:38:11 +0000

In SW for about 17 years. 2 months ago decided to step down from senior management in a SW role on basic locum pay to re-acquaint myself with the paradigm on the ground. Could write a book. Have re-acquired an immense respect for SWs. Never lost it but it became distant and secondary.

My take on it is this: in 7 working days, I’m leaving the profession for good and forever. Feels like retirement ! That’s all I can offer as an insight. This silly circus can no longer be stomached.

My Best.

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: Kathleen Ditchfield

Kathleen Ditchfield — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 12:24:17 +0000

In reply to Anita. Anita, I completely agree with you about empathy and it being so valuable to good social work practice. But unfortunitly I have worked with to many supervisors and managers that have very little in the way of empathy and compassion. I wish whole heartedly it was different, but it is not. Therefore guidance, regulation etc end up being the rather unsatisfactory next best thing.

极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: Mya

Mya — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 11:25:01 +0000

I have been employed by several organizations and have witnessed the devastating effects of ostracism on individuals. It’s not just about missing records or emails; it involves betrayal from trusted colleagues and work friends. I once observed someone accessing a colleague’s computer account and deleting emails from their Outlook while we helplessly watched. The issues extend to scapegoating, smear campaigns, and nepotism, often fueled by senior management instructing HR to act according to their wishes.

Whistleblowing policies serve merely as reporting mechanisms for internal issues within the organization, leading to investigations and potential referrals to regulators. Be cautious when directing concerns to union officials, particularly those who have self-appointed themselves within the same service.

It’s crucial to save supervision records as PDFs and keep printed copies at home. It’s equally important to thoroughly understand your work policies to develop your own comprehension of the environment you are in.

This knowledge should be a fundamental lesson in social work training. I wish I had known what I know now and had seen these issues before beginning my career in this field, rather than starting out with naïve, rosy views of wanting to work alongside others to improve their lives.

The old adage, “if it’s not written down, it didn’t happen,” applies in all scenarios. Documentation is essential, as relying solely on electronic devices can lead to blocked accounts and corrupted files.

All of this is especially pertinent before professional regulators become involved, particularly when you have to manage bills, a mortgage, and family responsibilities outside of work as welcome to the moral void.